Wick for cooking and heating stoves



Nov. 29, 192 7.

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Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

' WILLIAM A. JONES, OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.

WICK FOR COOKING .AND HEATING STOVES.

Application filed January 13, 1927. Serial No. 160,876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.Y

This invention relates to and has for one of its objects to provide awick for cooking and heating stoves which shall be non-combustible andcapable of efficient use for a long time with little or no attention andwhich may be manufactured and sold at a,

' 2 thereof renders the wick non-combustible,

comparatively low cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel con struction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, and illus trated in the accompanying drawing,where in:

Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of a wick constructed in accordancewith my invention, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on a plane extending vertically andcentrally through the wick. f p The wick is cylindrical and: comprises alower portion 1 made of cotton and an upper portion 2 made of asbestosfabric. The lower portion 1 is of greater length than the uaper portion2, and the contiguous edges of said portions are woven together asindicated at 3. A perforated raiser plate 4 is applied to the wickportion 1 and extends from a plane located immediately above theunitedcontiguous edges of the portions 1. and 2 to the lower edge of theportion 1.

As the portion 2 is made of asbestos fabric and has its lower end woventothe upper end of the wick portion 1, there is 'no'necessity for theuse of a form maintaining element or elements in connection with saidupperportion. The asbestosupper portion and as said portion is made ofasbestos fabric the wick will last for several years and will requirelittle or no attention. The wick pro- 4.0 duces a blaze as efficient asthose produced by cotton wicks, and when the fuel is exhausted the blazewill be quickly extinguished. The wick can be made in all sizes to fitstandard makes of cooking or heating stoves.

lower edge of the upper portion to the lower edge of the lower portion.7 v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM A. JONES.

